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FYI carriers like Verizon have also recently launched "home internet" products, which essentially are WiFi routers that connect to 5G. [1] https://www.cnet.com/home/inte…
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Beautifully written! Thank you so much. We spend a lot of time together right now, playing and laughing throughout the day. It's good to know that our time together helps even at this age :) In t…
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> Or, if it was written by someone who's older or been a parent, narcissism prevented them from ever growing beyond themselves because they could never see beyond themselves. I wrote this ar…
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How exactly do you aim for contentedness? What series of steps would you recommend? Is it like being "cool", where you have to find it without seeking it?
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To me, pain differs from suffering. Pain is of the body and suffering is of the mind. But I think your point still stands. There are plenty of reasons to purposefully subject yourself to pain (e.g. ex…
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Curious, why do you think that?
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> I'd say (without evidence) that among those who are financially secure, the happiest people are probably those who are content and don't spend all their time wondering about how happy …
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> Start with yoga as a whole. Not just the poses which is a tiny part of yoga sold to us here in the west. Any resources for exploring "yoga as a whole"? Could be interesting
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> There seems to be a subtle but profound supposition that being rich or poor is just a matter of "heuristics." Reminds me of the countless self-help books written, YouTube videos made, …
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Author here :) > Their philosophy isn’t to understand truth or beauty either. It’s just to “use heuristics” to do what other successful people do. I've found that studying others is a reliab…
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Author here! > What about the very important case where I accept some suffering in the short term to reduce suffering in the long term? Great point. Any recommendations on how to think about expe…
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Author here. Beautifully written! I completely agree. > Like anything else, it takes practice to get better at this. But you can get better at it. I know I have. Can you share more details? What …
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Conference talks are often good starting points for rabbit-holes. You can also find university courses of any rigor on YouTube
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I've always considered Fortran to be the "first", but with some quick research, it looks like Algol was the first C-like lang to add an if/then statement. My guess is that the auth…
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• Performance Matters by Emery Berger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-TLSBdHe1A • Data-Oriented Design by Mike Acton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX0ItVEVjHc …
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If you are programming literate, I can't recommend plain .txt and .md enough. Some random benefits: • Text files make interfacing with GPT super easy. • You can use Apple Shortcuts and IFTTT to r…
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That is very similar to a few things I'm already planning to build, but I'll need to process some of the incredible ideas you've got here. I might send you an email later this month wit…
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Whoa, I didn't know which list you were talking about, but it looks like he has this description in his bio: > If you like my thoughts, check out my Github pages for ideas https://…
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I'd suggest making a minimalist documentation site for all the big DevOps systems (e.g. AWS, k8, MySQL, etc). Provide explanations, diagrams, tips, clear configuration settings, and config calcul…
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Author of scrapscript here. We probably won't be production-ready for a while :) but let me know if there are any particular APIs or use-cases I should prioritize
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• https://scrapscript.org • fundraising for my pre-seed startup • organizing a tech conference in Southern California: https://outland.sh • writing at https://taylor…
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The `whoishiring` account is the "official" account: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=whoishiring …